Aren Rey Normal and Therese Normal have been building up Malaya Eats here in Reno since 2023, first as a pop-up tent at the Riverside Farmer’s Market, then as a food truck and now settling into a physical space on Wells Ave. as a restaurant.
The couple met where they grew up in Cavite, in the Philippines, on the southern shore of Manila Bay.
“You know pretty much everyone. It’s a small town, but now it’s different I heard, because I haven’t been back for ten years,” Therese said. “We grew up together. So, there’s one church. Everyone goes to this church. Everyone goes to that school.”…